In the CMA the demand for
shelter, infrastructure and basic social services coupled with high levels of pollution,
has serious health implications for the urban poor. Health status is further threatened by
high levels of poverty and low levels of environment and health literacy.
Rapid population growth and urbanization, ongoing development and inappropriate patterns
of consumption and production have collectively placed greater pressure on the natural
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many in the CMA, the deteriorating quality of the environment is a key determinant of
environmental health status. The increasing frequency and intensity of air pollution
events across the metropole has focused attention on the health risks associated with
pollution. Given their poor living conditions and social and economic marginalisation,
poverty-stricken communities often experience lower levels of health.
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to provide a detailed description of the state of the environment, the focus has been to
identify and examine specific issues within an overall theme in order to
examine the state and pressures on each of these issues more thoroughly. |
| The key ISSUES regarding the State of Environmental health in the
CMA are: |
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